The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fred Burdon finished in the top 10% of the field at Geneva 2025, in 1:09:32 for 130th of 1,386 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:30 on the median. A harder second half: 2:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:59, was faster than 88% of the field.
Geneva ran fast: the 823 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:48 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:01Running 1 4:32v median −0:40
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Block 02 5:29Running 2 3:45v median −0:45
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Block 03 7:49Running 3 4:06v median −0:44
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Block 04 8:08Running 4 4:03v median −0:45
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Block 05 9:00Running 5 4:25v median −0:37
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Block 06 5:50Running 6 4:11v median −0:40
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Block 07 7:44Running 7 4:17v median −0:35
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Block 08 11:38Running 8 4:38v median −0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:59
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1380
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,380 men who finished.